Chapter 8

General POV

Rain was the last to drive and they got into Fitchburg just afte nine in the morning a couple days later. She drove all the way to the motel before waking her brothers.

"Hey sleepy heads. Time to get up." She said and got no response. "Sam get up." She hit him in the arm and that woke him up.

"Damn Rain! Did you really have to hit me?"

"What? I tried yelling, but you didn't get up. DEAN!" She screamed waking up her other brother.

"You have a big mouth you know that?" She nodded. "Where are we?"

"The motel. I checked us in. I figured we'd look around town for anything weird." Both boys nodded and they drove back into town. They stopped to get some coffee, while Rain sat on the hood of the car. She was watching a little girl play in the park across the street. She was so focused on the child that she didn't even hear Dean call her name.

"Rain! You alive?" She turned to him with a very angry look that scared him. "Sorry. Here's you coffee."

"Thanks. Where's Sam?"

"Bathroom. Guy has a bladder the size of a pin head." Rain smiled.

"You have the time?" Dean looked at him watch.

"Quarter to four. Why? Have to be somewhere?"

"No exactly. Look, what's wrong with this picture?" She pointed to the playground.

"Schools out right?"

"Yep. So the question is..." She started.

"Where are all the kids?" Dean finished.

"Did I ever tell you how creepy that is?" They turned around to see a relieved Sam.

"Feel better Sam?" Rain asked.

"Much. So what's up and where is he going?" Rain turned to see Dean makeing his way to the park.

'Where are you going?'

'Talk to her.' Sam saw him point and looked at Rain.

"Oh the twin thing. You know people are going to think he's crazy."

"So. As long as I look normal. Now zip it will ya." Sam looked back over at Dean. HE was talking to the women sitting on a bench.

"Quiet isn't it?"

"Sure is." The women answered.

"Where is everyone?" Dean asked. Even for how far away they were, Rain could hear every word as of she was talking to her.

"Kids are sick."

"Is it serious?"

"Hospital serious. It's a shame."

"Hum." Dean nodded and walked back to Sam and Rain.

"So?" Sam asked.

"We need to go to the hospital."

FF to hospital I'm lazy I know So kill me

"I'm not useing this ID!"

"Why not?" Rain asked a pissed Sam.

"Because it says 'Bikini Inspector' on it."

"That's the one that Dean tole me to give you. Just use confidence Sam. Chances are she won't even aske to see it." Rain said as she shoved Sam to the reception desk.

"Can I help you?" The nurse behind the desk asked.

"My name Phil Hartman, I'm with the CDC. Can you point me in the direction of the pediatric ward?"

"Can I see some ID?" Rain snickered and Sam glanced at her. He took out his ID and quickly showed it to her. It worked because she told him where to go. Sam walked over to where Rain was standing.

"What?" She asked holding back a laugh.

"Follow me." They walked upstairs and as they passed a older women's room, Rain happened to see the inverted cross hanging on her wall. "Rain!" Sam said grabbing her attation. She joined Sam and they found the doctor who was in charge.

"I was about to notify the CDC myself. How did you hear about this?" Dr. I don't feel like looking up his name asked.

"We were notified by a doctors aid. So do you know what it is?"

"No. We don't know anything yet. It's just weird. It's like their bodies are just giving up and dying." Rain looked at Sam.

"And the way it spreads. I have never seen anything like it."

"How does it spread?" Rain asked. 'You getting this?' 'Yep. She's hot.' Dean answered. Rain rolled her eyes.

"It works it's way through familys. One sibling after another." This time Sam looked at Rain.

"Can we talk to the children?"

"No. Their in coma's."

"All of them?" Sam asked. The nurse nodded. They asked the doctor a few more questions and then found the father of the latest victim. They spoke to him and thought to check his house for anything unusual. Dean waited outside and as soon as she was close enough, Rain smacked him in the head.

"What was that for?"

"The perverted thoughts about the nurse." Dean smiled.

"So we off to the house then?" He asked. Sam nodded and they were off. They went to the house and looked around. Sam found a handprint on the window cill of the girls room.

"It's rotted. What kind of thing leaves a handprint like that?" Dean had his flashback and if you saw the episode you know what it is. They drove back to the motel and did some reasearch. Dean already knew what they were dealing with.

"So what the hell is a Shtriga?" Sam asked gettin something to drink.

"It's a witch, kinda. They feed off the life energy of people, mostly children." Dean answered kinda zoneing off.

"Why children?" Rain asked.

"They have a bigger life force than adults." Sam answered.

"Ok so how do we find and kill it?"

"Finding it is going to be hard. The Shtriga takes a human form when not hunting, plus it says that the shtriga is invonerable to all weapons devised by man and god."

"That's not true. It can be killed. By buckshot rounds, it's vunerable when it feeds." Dean said. Rain and Sam looked at him.

"And you know this how?" Sam asked.

"Dad told me. I remember." Later that night Sam went to bed early. Rain sat up and was talking to Dean. Dean went to bed a little after one, leaving Rain up by herself.

"Might as well try to get some sleep." She said to herself as she headed for the bed she made on the floor. She slept on the floor alot. It does wonders on the back. She fell asleep, much to her suprise rather quick. She woke around two hours later with someone standing over her. "Sam?" No answer. "Dean?" Still nothing. She saw it's face as it leaned closer and grabbed her face. She tried to scream, but she couldn't. Her brother's were still fast asleep as the shtriga began to take her life force. She felt herself slipping into darness and the smile on the shtriga's face was the last thing she saw before the black took over.

Dean's POV

I had this strange dream that Rain was being attacked by the shtriga. I sat up in bed and saw it was still dark. The room was quiet as I went to the bathroom. 'Why the hell would I dream that? Sam's the one that got attack when he was younger, not Rain.' Suddenly he felt the urge to check on his sister. He left the bathroom and went to where she made her bed. He bent down to shake her awake when he saw how pale she looked in the moonlight that came in through the window. He checked her pulse and it was so slow it could be non-exsistant.

"SAM! WAKE UP!" He yelled to Sam.

"What is it?"

"The shtriga got Rain!" Sam was at Dean side in a second.

"How did we not hear it?"

"I don't know. She needs to get to the hospital." Dean picked her up and they went to the hospital. The same doctor that was looking after all the sick kids took care of her too, being they had the same illness and all. "Is she ok?" Dean asked.

"How long was she like that?" Sam looked at Dean.

"We don't know. Why?" Sam asked.

"She's worse off than any of the children. While in the coma, the kids can still feel pain and breath on their own. Rain can't"

"What do you mean she can't breath?" Dean asked. He was worried. The connection he had with Rain was getting stronger everyday they were together. It was to the point where not only can he talk to her, but feel what she feels. He felt nothing now and that wasn't good.

"We have her hooked up to a ventalator that is helping her breath. You can go see her now."

"Thank you." They shook his hand and went to Rain's room. There she was, a tube in her mouth helping her breath.

"How? How did we miss that?" Dean asked sitting on the bed next to her.

"We have to find this thing soon Dean. Will she get better if we kill it?" Sam looked over at his older brother. He could see the worry etched on his face. Dean looked at Sam.

"I don't know Sammy. Maybe, but how are we going to find it?"

"It works through families remember. All we have to do is wait. Chances are good it's comming for one of us tonight."

"I don't want to leave her here alone Sam."

"I know man, but we have too. We'll come back tomorrow after we kill it."

"Can't we let it attack us here?" Dean asked knowing the answer. "Never mind. I know we can't." He got up, kissed Rain on the forehead and they left.

"So buckshot rounds can kill it?" Sam asked as they waited for the shtriga to come eat.

"Yes. We have to wait till it feeds, then we can kill it."

"So you go wait out there and come in when it get's here."

"Wait, what?"

"I'm going to be the bait. You go and come in shooting when it get's here ok."

"Thanks Sam." Sam smiled and Dean left. Sure enough at two thirty the shtriga came. It bent down to feed off Sam, but Deam burst through the door. Sam rolled onto the floor and Dean began shooting. The shtriga flew against the wall from the impact the bullets had on it. Dean looked over at Sam who was now on his feet. "You alright?"

"I'm good. Is it dead?" Dean walked over to the shtriga's body, gun still pointed at it, to check if it was dead. It wasn't moving and Dean looked back over at Sam. As he did the shtriga grabbed Dean by the throat and tossed him to the wall. He slammed into it, knocking shelves down as he fell to the floor. It quickly went after Sam before he had a chance to pull his gun. It hit him into the wall as well and after Sam fell onto the bed, it grabbed his face and began to take his life force as well. He sucked some of it out when Dean called it.

"HEY!" It looked up and Dean shot it right between the eyes. It flew back, off of Sam and onto the floor. Sam rolled off the bed, gasping for air. "You ok little brother?" He gave Dean a thumbs up as he stood up. Dean walked over to the shtrigas body and shot it three more times. "Just for good measure." Sam nodded.

"We should get back to the hospital." With that they left. The body just turned to vapor so no evidence. When they arrive, they found out that all the kids were ok, but Rain wasn't. Also Dr. Hydecker (Yes I looked it up) was no where to be seen. Sam looked over at Dean. "Why isn't she wakeing up?"

"I don't know Sam."

"I want to check something out. I'll be back ok." Dean waved him off and went to sit with Rain.

"Your going to be ok I know it. We'll figure this out I promise." After he said that he kissed her cheek and got a vision. He saw Dr. Hydecker with a vile of something. He saw the shtriga and it seemed to be obeying Hydecker before they killed it. The vision ended and Dean called Sam. But it wasn't Sam that answered.

"Hello Winchester."

"Who the hell is this?"

"You met me before, but I believe you were too worried about you sister to see what was right in front of your face."

"Hydecker! Where's Sam?"

"With me. It's a shame you killed my little pet. She would of loved the taste of Sam."

"What do you want?"

"To feed."

"Ok?"

"The shtriga never fed on the children, I did. She just gathered the life forces' got me. I can do it on my own, but why bother. Oh well. Guess I'll have to take Sam's myself. Bye Dean." He hung up.

"SHIT!" Dean yelled. What the hell was he going to do now? His sister is in a coma and his brother is about to end up the same way. He turned around and looked at Rain. Her eyes were open and fixed on him. "Rain? You awake?"

'Your a quick one Dean. He has Sam.'

"I know. I don't know where he is." He said sitting next to her.

'I do.'

"What? Where?"

'There is a little shop at the edge of town. The basement leads into a cave. He's there.'

"How do you know that?" Just as he asked that, he noticed a nurse looking at him. "What?"

"Um sir, who are you talking to?"

"My sister is that ok with you?" Dean scared the poor women.

'She can't hear me remember dumb ass.' Dean looked at Rain.

"Oh right!" He said as he smacked himself in the forehead.

'Now would be a good idea to get Sam.'

"Oh right!"

'Is that going to be your new catch phrase?'

"Shut it. I'll be back ok."

'I never said anything. I'll be waiting.' Dean left and drove to the shop Rain told him about. He took two guns and walk down the cave until he came to a door.

'A door in a cave? What the hell?'

'Don't ask me.'

'You still with me?'

'You know it bro.'

'That makes me feel better.'

'The heart.'

'Um yea?'

'Shoot him in the heart. He may be a human, but he's being protected by something unhuman. the only way to kill him is to shoot him in the heart.'

'How the hell do you know this?'

'I sware if I have to say being raised by a demon has it's advantages onw more time. Forget it. Just be happy I know ok.'

'Ok. Geez your grouchy aren't you?'

'I have a tube shoved down my throat and my brother' might die so yes I'm a little testy.'

'I'm here.' Dean thought as he opened the door a crack. Just enough to peek in. He saw Sam tied to a chair and Hydecker was doing whatever. It was good though. He had his back to the door so he didn't see Dean enter the room.

'Dean be care...'

"Hydecker!" Dean screamed. 'You dumass!' Rain thought. 'What?' Dean thought. 'Nothing.' Hydecker turned around and Dean fired. The doc moved out of the way once he saw the gun. He placed himself behind Sam and put a knife to his throat, causing Dean to freeze. 'Dean what's going on?' Rain thought. 'He has a knife to his throat.' Dean thought not taking his eyes off his brother. 'SHOOT HIM NOW!' Rain mentally screamed at Dean, 'He will kill him, shoot now!' Dean lifted the gun and pulled the trigger, shooting the doc in the heart. As he fell, he cut Sam's neck. Dean ran to his brother and untied him. "You ok?" He asked looking at his neck.

"Cutting that a little close weren't ya?"

"Maybe. Can you stand?"

"Yeah. Just give me a hand." Dean helped him to his feet.

'Dean everything ok?'

'Fine. How did you know he was going to kill him?'

'Not important. Look, there are viles around the room right?'

'Yea.'

'Break them.'

'What?'

'You heard me. Break all of em. Unless you want me dead. I think Sam might still want that, but I doubt you do.' Dean shot Sam a look.

"What was that for?"

"Do you want Rain dead?" Dean asked as he began breaking the viles. Sam looked at his older brother.

"What the hell makes you think that?"

"Rain thinks you do."

"I thought we worked through that."

"Guess not. Finished. Let's go." They exited the cave and went back to the hospital. The other doctors already removed the breathing tube and said she could leave in a couple days.

"Took ya long enough." She said with a smile. "Dean your an ass."

"What did I do?"

"You told him that I though he still wanted me dead!"

"So?"

"Like I said, your an ass." She sat up and patted the spot next to her, "Sit Sam. Leave Dean." Dean backed up and left as Sam sat next to his big sister.

"I thought we cleared that up Rain. I don't want you dead."

"You sure about that there Sam?" Sam looked at her. "Look, I get that you still don't forgive me and don't even say you do because you don't."

"But I..."

"Not done Sammy. I know that deep down you DO hate me, hell I hate me and I have to be around me the whole time." Sam smiled as did she. "Still. What I did is unforgivable even though we're family."

"That's just it, I don't forgive you for killing Jess, but I understand that you had no choice in the matter."

"Well yea, but I'm not useing that as an escuse. I did what I did and that's it."

"I don't want you dead." He looked at her and smiled.

"I know. The thing is I want Dean dead." She said winking at him. Sam looked at her and she pointed to the door. "He's listening." She whispered. Sam got up and quietly went to the door. He swiftly pulled it open and in came Dean. Falling flat on his face.

"Nice to see you Dean." Sam said.

"What you love yourself so much that you even stare at yourself in the floor?" Rain asked smileing.

"Funny guys. You don't really want me dead do you?"

"What do you think? No dip shit."

"Ok so what do we do next?" Dean asked.

"We have to go to St. Louis. I got an e-mail from a friend of mine." Sam said.

"Spare the details and let's just go." Rain said. And just like that they were off.

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